Tivoli Software Distribution V4.0 and Tivoli Management Framework V3R7 Extend Your Enterprise Systems Management Capabilities
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Software Announcement August 22, 2000 Tivoli Software Distribution V4.0 and Tivoli Management Framework V3R7 Extend Your Enterprise Systems Management Capabilities Overview − Automatic restart of distributions after system or At a Glance Challenged by software deployment power failure in large distributed systems Tivoli Software Distribution • Installation networks? Now you can install Version 4.0, using the software faster and more easily with − Change management actions infrastructure provided by Tivoli the combined enhancements found and modes contained in the Management Framework V3R7, in Tivoli Software Distribution Software Package can be eases software deployment in Version 4.0 and Tivoli administered through visual large distributed networks by: Framework V3R7. dialogs or command line • Providing a centralized software interface Tivoli Software Distribution management system Version 4.0 Tivoli Management Framework V3R7 • Improving remote distribution By eliminating the manual tasks to Tivoli Management Framework and enhancing scalability install, configure, and update provides the base services for • Facilitating superior software programs on numerous systems, communication, distribution, package preparation Tivoli Software Distribution provides authentication, and authorization as an efficient, scalable solution to well as the management • Allowing full automation of software deployment problems. infrastructure used by other Tivoli software distribution and Significant functional capability applications. installation enhancements have been made to: • Functional enhancements include: Distributing files to systems • Software Packaging simultaneously throughout your • Distribution with asynchronous, enterprise − New flexible object model simultaneous, multiplexed supporting installation and delivery For ordering, contact: removal of multiple object Your IBM representative, an IBM Business types • Support of Novell NetWare Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at gateway 800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE001 − Single software package for different target systems • Enhanced security, scalability, through support for variables and availability and conditions in package Planned Availability Date • Support of disconnected definitions endpoints August 25, 2000 − Multiple software package • Superior control of software creation techniques using the distribution new Software Package Editor, AutoPack differencing Using Tivoli applications, technology, or text editing of administrators can distribute desktop package definitions. and client-server applications, • Delivery automate system inventories, monitor configuration changes, and − Exploitation of asynchronous manage the software life cycle. multiplexed distribution provided by Tivoli Key Prerequisites Management Framework Tivoli Software Distribution — Tivoli − Storage of packages on Management Framework V3R7 intermediate nodes closer to target systems − A graphical user interface for access and control of distribution This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com. IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 200-283 • Priority Levels determine the timing and the number Description of network connections used by a specific software package distribution. Tivoli Software Distribution V4.0 is an application for installing and configuring software across homogeneous • Depoting enables temporary or permanent storage of or multiplatform enterprise networks. It can deploy new software packages at an intermediate node (known as applications, update existing software with newer a depot) that is closer to the target systems. versions, and synchronize software releases on Tivoli Software Distribution supports operating system distributed systems. The remote, receiving systems can upgrades for the Microsoft Windows operating system be configured with UNIX , Windows NT , NetWare, family, and eliminates the need to create scripts and Windows 98, Windows 95, or OS/2 operating systems. programs to configure an application. By simply Tivoli Software Distribution V4.0 introduces the Software incorporating the required actions in the software Package Editor, a package preparation facility that package you are installing, the package performs such provides several ways to create and edit software actions as changing the registry, adding desktop icons, packages for distribution. The Software Package Editor or creating folders and shortcuts. makes use of a simplified single file format, called the Through integration with other Tivoli applications, the Software Package, for content packaging. Software capabilities available to an administrator are expanded packages can be generated by different means, including: beyond distribution. A system administrator can: • Visual editing performed by use of the Software • Use Tivoli Inventory and the Tivoli Management Package Editor Framework query facility to query a configuration • Automatic generation, using the differencing repository to determine the appropriate targets of a technology of AutoPack distribution, as well as to track information about software distributions and the change management • Text Editing of package definitions status of software packages on target systems. (Tivoli Inventory V3R6.2 — required for use of Historical All of the techniques used to create software packages Database.) are based on the single file format of the Software package. Therefore, packages that are created • Use the Tivoli Management Framework Scheduler to automatically by AutoPack are identical to packages schedule jobs at a future time, or repeat scheduled created manually by the Software Package Editor. jobs a specified number of times. With Tivoli Software Distribution, you establish a central • Send distribution operations events to the Events point of control for automated software distribution. Console through integration with Tivoli Enterprise Through use of Variables, which allow you to make the Console (Tivoli Event Console V3R6.2 — required for software package more generic, and Conditions, which use of TEC Integration). allow you to define the circumstances under which a • specific action will take place, you expand the flexibility Use the Tivoli Software Distribution Web Interface to of the software package. This eliminates the need to retrieve and install Tivoli Software Distribution profiles create a different package for each type of platform within from UNIX and Windows NT endpoints, using a your enterprise. These powerful tools allow you to make web-enabled browser. good use of your time and resources. • Manage and optimize network and system resources using the GUI interface, powerful command line In addition, Tivoli Software Distribution supports common interface, and advanced text-based options. third party packaging formats, and content prepared in these formats and their associated utilities and response files can be incorporated within the Software Package. Year 2000 Tivoli Software Distribution, utilizing the multiplexed These products are Year 2000 ready. When used in distribution services of Tivoli Management accordance with their associated documentation, they are Framework V3R7, performs asynchronous, simultaneous capable of correctly processing, providing, and/or delivery of large amounts of data to multiple target receiving date data within and between the twentieth and systems. This enables you to perform rapid and optimal twenty-first centuries, provided that all products (for software distributions. example, hardware, software, and firmware) used with the • products properly exchange accurate date data with Asynchronous Delivery means that the status of each them. distribution to each target system operates independently, and the status is reported without waiting until the distribution has completed for all Euro Currency targets. These programs are not impacted by euro currency. • Assured Delivery resumes distributions after network errors or power failures. The data is maintained in local caches on each repeater until a connection is Product Positioning reestablished. • Tivoli Management Framework, which is packaged with Checkpoint Restart provides additional efficiency by Tivoli core enterprise IT system management resuming from where the interruption occurred rather applications, provides the infrastructure or base services, than restarting from the beginning of the package. that is, communication, authentication, authorization, and • Distribution Control, implemented through a graphical distribution used by those applications. user interface (GUI), allows administrators to initiate, Tivoli Software Distribution is a key application for pause, resume, or cancel distributions for all efficiently and cost-effectively promulgating and distribution destinations. maintaining end-user software configurations. It also integrates with other Tivoli applications to provide a complete IT system management suite. 200-283 -2- Reference Information For additional information on Tivoli′s Value-Based Pricing and the associated terms and conditions, refer to Software Announcement 200-017, dated February 15, 2000. Trademarks OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Windows, Windows NT, and Microsoft are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark